The Blalock-Taussig shunt can produce a temporary pulmonary over-circulation and can be downsized with a metallic clip. This hemodynamic situation can be reversible leading to desaturation. We describe a very simple method to resize temporarily the shunt with a removable metallic clip
Adjustable aorto-pulmonary shunt to prevent temporary pulmonary over-circulation / Napoleone CP; Oppido G; Angeli E; Gargiulo G.. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY. - ISSN 1010-7940. - STAMPA. - 29(2):(2006), pp. 253-254.
Adjustable aorto-pulmonary shunt to prevent temporary pulmonary over-circulation.
GARGIULO, GAETANO DOMENICO
2006
Abstract
The Blalock-Taussig shunt can produce a temporary pulmonary over-circulation and can be downsized with a metallic clip. This hemodynamic situation can be reversible leading to desaturation. We describe a very simple method to resize temporarily the shunt with a removable metallic clipFile in questo prodotto:
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